Alaska earthquakes

M1.6 earthquake Central Alaska

A magnitude 1.6 earthquake struck in Central Alaska on Sun, Sep 4, 2022, 12:16 AM AKDT (08:16 UTC), 12 km (8 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M4.5 15 km NNW of Four Mile Road, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
1.6 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
Magnitude from
Alaska Earthquake Center
Local time
UTC
2022-09-04 08:16:19 UTC
Depth
12.2 km (7.6 mi), shallow
Epicenter
64.850° N, 147.553° W
Region
Alaska
Tsunami flag
No
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

Did you feel it?

No one has reported feeling this quake to the USGS.

How well it is located

Reviewed by a seismologist.

Stations used
31

Nearest places

Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 28 in the 60 days after this one and 12 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 1.67 km WNW of Four Mile Road, Alaska · 1490 days ago · 10 km deep · 85 km away
  2. 1.91 km S of South Van Horn, Alaska · 1488 days ago · 16 km deep · 12 km away
  3. 3.516 km NNW of Four Mile Road, Alaska · 1484 days ago · 17 km deep · 79 km away · felt by 134
  4. 1.825 km NE of Minto, Alaska · 1484 days ago · 11 km deep · 83 km away
  5. 2.1Central Alaska · 1484 days ago · 9 km deep · 78 km away
  6. 3.833 km ENE of Ferry, Alaska · 1480 days ago · 14 km deep · 89 km away · felt by 176
  7. 1.539 km E of Anderson, Alaska · 1480 days ago · 10 km deep · 70 km away
  8. 2.041 km ENE of Ferry, Alaska · 1479 days ago · 12 km deep · 91 km away
  9. 2.6Central Alaska · 1477 days ago · 129 km deep · 89 km away
  10. 2.429 km W of Ester, Alaska · 1476 days ago · 16 km deep · 51 km away · felt by 1
  11. 4.515 km NNW of Four Mile Road, Alaska · 1475 days ago · 19 km deep · 81 km away · felt by 461
  12. 2.117 km NNW of Four Mile Road, Alaska · 1475 days ago · 13 km deep · 79 km away
  13. 2.418 km N of Four Mile Road, Alaska · 1475 days ago · 15 km deep · 77 km away · felt by 12
  14. 1.718 km N of Four Mile Road, Alaska · 1475 days ago · 8 km deep · 77 km away
  15. 1.615 km NNW of Four Mile Road, Alaska · 1475 days ago · 13 km deep · 81 km away
  16. 1.621 km N of Four Mile Road, Alaska · 1475 days ago · 13 km deep · 75 km away
  17. 1.621 km N of Four Mile Road, Alaska · 1475 days ago · 7 km deep · 75 km away
  18. 2.423 km N of Four Mile Road, Alaska · 1465 days ago · 17 km deep · 72 km away
  19. 2.031 km W of Ester, Alaska · 1463 days ago · 19 km deep · 53 km away
  20. 2.119 km S of South Van Horn, Alaska · 1462 days ago · 23 km deep · 28 km away
  21. 1.510 km NW of Four Mile Road, Alaska · 1458 days ago · 16 km deep · 83 km away
  22. 1.67 km ESE of Eielson Air Force Base, Alaska · 1456 days ago · 9 km deep · 38 km away
  23. 1.641 km SSW of South Van Horn, Alaska · 1453 days ago · 10 km deep · 50 km away
  24. 1.916 km N of Four Mile Road, Alaska · 1442 days ago · 3 km deep · 76 km away
  25. 1.628 km WSW of Salcha, Alaska · 1440 days ago · 5 km deep · 51 km away
  26. 2.317 km NNW of Four Mile Road, Alaska · 1439 days ago · 15 km deep · 80 km away
  27. 1.532 km W of Ester, Alaska · 1436 days ago · 12 km deep · 54 km away
  28. 1.930 km S of Minto, Alaska · 1433 days ago · 14 km deep · 80 km away

Before

  1. 2.618 km E of Minto, Alaska · 1499 days ago · 15 km deep · 73 km away
  2. 1.618 km ESE of Livengood, Alaska · 1499 days ago · 11 km deep · 72 km away
  3. 1.930 km S of South Van Horn, Alaska · 1502 days ago · 16 km deep · 37 km away
  4. 2.18 km WNW of Harding-Birch Lakes, Alaska · 1503 days ago · 4 km deep · 62 km away · felt by 1
  5. 1.923 km S of Minto, Alaska · 1509 days ago · 23 km deep · 84 km away
  6. 2.219 km N of Four Mile Road, Alaska · 1509 days ago · 23 km deep · 73 km away
  7. 1.520 km E of Minto, Alaska · 1512 days ago · 1 km deep · 71 km away
  8. 1.532 km WSW of Salcha, Alaska · 1512 days ago · 8 km deep · 49 km away
  9. 1.736 km SSW of South Van Horn, Alaska · 1512 days ago · 13 km deep · 45 km away
  10. 2.08 km WNW of Harding-Birch Lakes, Alaska · 1514 days ago · 5 km deep · 62 km away
  11. 3.414 km SSW of Salcha, Alaska · 1517 days ago · 7 km deep · 55 km away · felt by 28
  12. 2.631 km W of Ester, Alaska · 1520 days ago · 17 km deep · 53 km away · felt by 3

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